The current law creates a system of statewide child welfare services that are administered by the State Department of Social Services along with individual county child welfare agencies. Both are committed to provide all children a safe environment that is free from abuse and neglect. Senate Bill 794 would add various changes to the current law such as requiring county child welfare agencies to “implement policies and procedures to identify, document, and determine appropriate services for children and youth who are receiving child welfare services pursuant to federal law and are, or are at risk of becoming, victims of commercial sexual exploitation” (Legiscan) by September 29, 2016. This law would also require the county probation or department of…
Carla William’s story is not exclusive. Thousands of Native children were removed from their homes routinely by Child Welfare and shipped to non-native foster and adoptive homes over the course of three decades. Previous to these removals Aboriginals were subjected to Residential Schools, this results in as many as five generations of Aboriginal children being removed from their families.…
Jones, B.J. (2000). The Indian Child Welfare Act: A Pilot Study of Compliance in North Dakota.…
Indian Affairs Bill was written into law about 1930, this bill was intended to protect the Native Americans from the ever expanding whites moving west. This law allocated funds to move Native Americans to some designated lands known as reservations that was protected and enclosed. Many Native Americans died during the relocation, the ones who did not struggled to survive in the horrible conditions on the reservations dying from illness or starvation. Living on reservations and putting up with the isolation helped push the classification of the Native Americans to a minority. Native Americans quickly became subjected to prejudice and discrimination of the settlers and others migrating to the west. Congress started becoming concerned…
As early as the 1840s, highly placed officials had outlined a plan to subdue the intensifying rivalry over natural resources and land. Under the terms of their proposal, individual tribes would agree to live within clearly defined zones – reservations. In exchange, the Bureau of Indian Affairs would provide guidance, while U.S. military forces ensured protection. By the end of the 1850s, eight western reservations had been established where Indian peoples were induced to speak English, take up farming, and convert to Christianity.…
The child welfare system in the United States has change in the last several hundred years due to urbanization, industrialization, immigration, mass life-threatening illness, changes within the family system, government financial assistance for those in need and much more. Orphan kids and low income families had no type of help. Children as young as six years old living on the streets, with no food to eat, families with nothing to provide to their children, police mistreatment. Children had no federal laws to protect them, therefore they would suffer sexual abuse, physical abuse, and various other forms of maltreatment such as neglect (physical and emotional). It was not easy being a kid during the 1700s and 1800s. Child labor in Colonial…
In the year 1978 there were two acts that were passed that dealt with Native American reforms. These acts are very important for Social Workers to be able to understand. The first act was the Indian Child Welfare Act. The purpose of this act was to protect the best interest of Indian children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families by the establishment of minimum federal standards for the removal of Indian children and placement of such children in homes which will reflect the unique values of Indian culture (bia.gov). The second act is the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.…
There are some factors that may influence the health and development. Smoking can affect the babies’ oxygen in the womb which could affect the growth and development, low birth weight, high risk of prematurely (birth before week’s gestation), asthma and may lead to cot death. Genetic factors – when the baby has condition, which means that it has been passed down to them by one of their parents. Infections and medical conditions – some babies have medical condition which may affect them during their childhood. This could lead the babies having low self-esteem, feeling distress, not making friends and effect their development. Alcohol – having alcohol during pregnancy can cause Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). This could lead the baby, low birth weight, small, learning difficulties, and facial deformity and attention problems.…
b. Native American Child Adoption- the Native American Indian Nations and Tribes, they will have the right to find placement in foster care and adoption of a child. Tribes can intercede in court cases regarding adoption. Tribes can place a Native American child with a tribal members or members of other tribes. If a newborn child has Native American heritage, they must contact the appropriate tribe to determine if the child qualifies for tribal membership.…
Physical abuse is when a child is physically hurt . Hitting, beating, throwing, shaking are all physical abuse.…
• Control situations likely to be hazardous to health and safety in the nursery or cause damage to persons or equipment.…
Anxiety disorders involve disturbances in the capacity to regulate anxious states, and result from complex interactions among biological, genetic, familial, temperamental, development, and environmental factors (source). Anxiety disorders are the most common diagnosed disorders in adolescent populations, including the child welfare population, which this assignment will focus on (source). The prevalence rate for anxiety disorders in the child welfare population is between 9% and 20% (source). Youth in foster care are a frequently marginalized population that encounters extensive stressors both past and present. These stressors negatively affect their health and mental health care needs. The traumatic family histories and accumulated losses of many youth in foster care result in increased risk for mental health problems (source). Research demonstrates among youth in the child welfare system, 61% of 17 year olds have at least one lifetime mental health disorder (source). Youth existing foster care do not leave their psychological problems behind them and these problems can exacerbate by the change in…
Time sampling - good for seeing how a child spends a section of their time at the setting…
them good opportunities? In reality the businesses are taking advantage over people who live in conditions were the amount of money the children could possibly earn could be detrimental to the families income. The businesses who hire these children are now incredibly happy because they get their product made for cheap, but on the other-side these children work so they can bring in whatever income they can bring in to their families. This is unfortunate because in reality many people would agree that this type of business structure is a bad thing. This style of business is great for…
I believe it is very important for parents and teachers to practice child guidance because they are the people that children look up to, while they are growing up. Especially parents, they are the first interaction that a child comes in contact with, so they are looking and observing every little thing that is being done and said. They are the ones that are a reflection of how a child will turn out when they get older. If a teacher is not fit to dealing with children them it will be seen, same for parents. If a parent is not able to distinctively access a child’s problem or interact with them this may cause problem in their social and emotional skills they have with other people. Parents and teachers are the ones that are supposed to be able to effectively communicate with children the dos and don’ts. When a child lacks social and emotional stability it may be hard for them to cope with people in the world. I would describe myself as strict, fair, easy and relaxed, because depending on a given situation any of these will be enforced. For example when I am strict it may be because I don’t want the child to do something they are not supposed to and I am trying to prevent anything from happening. Or, if the child is doing badly in school I would be strict about letting them go outside until they do better. An example of when I am fair is when something that was out of their control happened I will not punish them for it but speak to them about it because I know that things happen. The interaction style that most suites me is the authoritative style. Mostly because I don’t like to have children feel that they cannot be themselves while they are around me because they may be scared…
